A 6-year-old boy named Chanathip Prasertsri, also known as “Nong M” went missing from his home for nearly two days. Villagers and rescue teams searched tirelessly without any leads until a local saw him emerge from a fertilizer sack near his house.
On September 24, 2024, reports stated that Chanathip had vanished around 8 p.m. on September 22. Despite extensive searches throughout the day on September 23 by community members and rescue workers, no traces of him were found, prompting temporary cessation of searches. The family sought assistance from fortune tellers and monks but still did not locate the child.
Early on September 24, at around 6 a.m., a villager reported that Chanathip was found. He was discovered emerging from a sack approximately 30 meters from his home, an area that had already been searched multiple times.
When questioned, Chanathip recounted that he had gone with an elderly woman named Sangjan, who had beckoned him. He mentioned that she had given him around 30 fruits to eat and that he felt neither hunger nor discomfort during his time away, although he was unaware of how he had survived for two days.
Natthiwut Tawichalat, Chanathip’s 25-year-old uncle, shared that efforts to find the boy involved searching various locations, but to no avail until the discovery of Chanathip in the fertilizer sack. A neighbor had heard him cough around midnight but did not check immediately.
Chanathip’s grandmother, Phluay Meesil, who had been caring for him while his parents worked away, expressed disbelief over the circumstances. After seeking help from fortune tellers, she had eventually conducted a ritual to ensure he would be found, driven by a belief that something supernatural had taken him. Interestingly, Chanathip’s mention of ‘Sangjan’ connects to the historical landowner of the property where he was found, over 200 years prior.
Overall, he was missing for approximately 34 hours without any visible signs of distress, even considering the various searches that had taken place.
This article was rewritten from a Thairath’s news article.
